Wednesday, October 9, 2013

The Slanting Rays of Autumn

Most regular cyclists I know wear sunglasses to both cut the glare and keep their eyeballs from drying out. I couldn't find mine this morning, so I wore the clear safety glasses I usually save for the dark of winter.

It was a good reminder of how completely blinded anyone without shades could be, sun visor or not.

It changed the way I rode a little; at one point I pulled over and waited for overtaking cars to clear before getting out there to take a left. Stuff like that. Lovin' the Fall weather though; made a bee line for the path, where shade prevails much of the time. It was great. I hope your Autumn rides are proving just as nice!

4 comments:

I usually post an item about solar glare every year on my blog. This year I didn't...and you did. It is very important to remember, along with the fact that a cyclist in the dusk can see better than a driver encased in a car can.

Maybe I'll put something out there just to amplify the message.

By the way, look in the freezer for your sunglasses. That's where I found mine one day when they weren't in any of the usual places. They'd fallen out of my pocket when I bent over the freezer to put something in.